VITAL RECORDS
of
DUDLEY
MASSACHUSETTS
To the end of the year 1849
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This town was established February 2, 1732, from part of Oxford and certain common lands. Part of a gore of common land known as "Middlesex Gore" was annexed June 25, 1794. Parts of Dudley were set off to Southbridge in 1816 and 1822, and a part was included in the new town of Webster, March 6, 1832.
Population at different periods:
| 1765,
| 748
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| 1800,
| 1,140
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| 1840,
| 1,352
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